#steel

Germany, Gelsenkirchen: thyssenkrupp presented the CO2-reduced sustainable base material for energy transition.

EU antitrust regulators could veto Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel planned European steel joint venture.

President Trump and the U.S. Commerce Department are expected to reveal their plans on the domestic steel market early next week.

Belgium, Brussels: On 4 August the EU imposed anti-dumping measures against some China and Russia steel following industry complaints from the European Steel Association.

United Kingdom, London: Tata Steel has temporarily halted the sale of its U.K. assets, after at least four of the seven shortlisted bidders pulled out due to uncertainty following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union.

Belgium, Brussels: Following the meeting of high-level representatives from governments around the world, along with representatives from the global steel industry, held in Brussels on 18 April, the governments of Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States issued a significant statement noting two relevant issues.

USA, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh-based steel producer Allegheny Technologies announced the elimination of 250 jobs in the company’s flat-rolled products division.

USA, Pittsburgh: As the United States Trade Representative called a hearing on the global steel industry and its impact on the U.S. steel industry and steel market, United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard urged the U.S. Government to create an immediate action plan on US steel crisis, reports Sys-Con Media.

South Africa is considering imposing emergency tariffs on some steel imports, according a filing to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) published on Monday, reports BDlive.

Belgium, Brussels: As job losses caused by dumped Chinese steel mount, the European steel industry urged EU ministers who met last week to work on an emergency plan of action for the sector.

NLMK Group, Russia’s steel-producing company has started delivering transformer steel to Siemens’ Voronezh plant in Russia.

India, New Delhi: the Indian Transformer Manufacturers’ Association (ITMA) has approached the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to stop import of sub-standard cold-rolled grain-oriented (CRGO) steel for transformers.

Russia, Lipetsk: Russia’s steelmaker NLMK may redirect a portion of transformer steel volumes from the European Union to India following the duties introduced by the European Union on supplies of Russian products.